Mad cow in Azores

Health authorities on Portugal's mid-Atlantic Azores islands have confirmed a case of mad cow disease in the offspring of an animal imported from Germany.

The Lusa news agency said the disease was discovered during a routine test of cattle last month on Sao Miguel, the largest and most populated island in the nine-island archipelago, and confirmed on Friday.

The sick cow, a 12-year-old Holstein-Frisian, was immediately destroyed and all animals that came into contact with it would be slaughtered, officials said.